the seats that my dad has exploded is just a six. hundred day siege that cost hundreds of thousands of civilian lives was. for those people the tram became a symbolic time machine. during the journey they remembered the nine hundred days that he broke them but made that friendship stronger.

recapping the stories that shape the week russia's republic of north as said to be a more in the seventeen victims of thursday's terror attack that hit its capital busy market. as the u.s.

marks nine years since the deadliest terror attack the world has ever seen you look at how the ground zero tragedy has led to zero tolerance towards islam by some people in the u.s. . plus top minds gathered to discuss a formula for better peace and democracy at the global policy forum in jaroslav a russian city that is marking its millennium year. and the pilots who became heroes courage under pressure as they managed to crash landed crippled passenger jet in a remote russian forest saving all hands on board. ten pm in the russian capital trends are wrapping up the week's news for you here on r t our top story russia's republic of north has said he is reeling from the

deadliest terror attack on its capital in a decade a car bomb exploded at a central market of lot of cars thursday morning killing seventeen injuring more than one hundred sixty artie's excitedly touch over reports now on how people there are still coming to terms with what happened. cries louder than sirens but no fear just the time eleven twenty four on the watches of those who perished in the central market in logic of course it was and so is day when a suicide bomber drove his silver car to its entrance gates he was said to become during a routine check of the car but reluctant to open the trunk but a security guard as long big clear insisted. he put the key in the trunk lock turned it maybe once or twice the key broken his hands iceland big had the man turned around and moved away from the crowded entrance a minute later a powerful explosion shook the area icelandic heard the cries and rushed to the scene. i saw a lot of cars blown to pieces and

a lot of bodies i had no real fear i just felt sorry for the people who died or got injured especially a young mother with her child i saw them just before the explosion a young girl was coming in with a kid a little kid as soon as she got inside the blasts happened. a little went to the market the day with his entire family it said he was quarreling with his brother bought right in their bike so his grandmother promised to buy him a new one but a moment later they were killed by the blast so. i went inside but they stayed at the entrance suddenly there was an explosion i lost one of my children and my mother my wife and another kid are in hospital there were many people there it was scary no we'll know and his grandmother yes i'm on lie side by side the government is closed they have so the survivors stricken by the loss. this is

a father and his one and a half year old son who died and this is his wife she was injured legs and hands and this is the woman who died. candles commemorate the day in which he got because people here mourn their loved ones and have been given blood to help the injured for tinier who has arrived in the form of a new born son but before the birth she too had to leave through the tragedy those . to the money could turn to brooch in the entrance a powerful explosion went off my ears were down right away honestly i didn't understand it was a negative terror or anything like that. there are still people covered by blonde and they run right to way i was afraid of a second blast. too scared for the last hope to get to be born son to t.n. i didn't notice that she herself was injured and it was not the piece of metal in her knee that was on her mind. and was afraid that nothing was moving inside me

then up to some time he started moving when i was with. the one taking care of and baby sleeping beside her to china now is occupied we begin the imprinted little one as with logic of course itself she still needs some time to get back to normal life this sort of penetrating logic of causes far deeper than this self hole left by that deadly car blast as days parts people slowly start mending their lives for sun like that newborn baby it could be a bridge to a new life but for many this horrible attack will be engraved on their hearts forever x. on the ark see them like us the bombing in north of here was followed by a string of successful anti terror operations in the caucasus region in the most recent eight militants have been killed in another volatile russian republic dagestan the gunmen were received in a house in the cap in the republican capital they refused to surrender and opened

fire on police weapons and grenades were reportedly found at the scene earlier on sunday the chief of the north caucasus a special investigative part. it was killed in a city. many experts say militants in the north caucuses are part of an international network political scientist dr walid far as says the bombing in north is no different from other suicide bombings in other parts of the world this attack suicide attack in the northern caucuses is not just a local attack by a local terrorist we've seen this before it has a history at tax by movement linked to al qaida worldwide inside russia in dagestan and chechnya in this part of the caucuses as we see around the world whatever you have suicide bombers you see also threats against international democracy and freedom commentary from political scientist dr walid phares this weekend also marks nine years since the deadliest terror attack in history almost

three thousand people were killed on september eleventh two thousand and one in new york and a mistrust of islam spread among many people in the u.s. but despite that tens of thousands of americans decided to become muslims since the tragedy. went to find out why. it's the call to prayer and it's answered by more than a billion muslims all over the world including caitlin billings a twenty two year old american who was raised christian i converted last year my mother. was crying a lot of thought that i was returning her by changing my religion backtrack almost a decade ago to nine eleven today our fellow citizens our way of life are very freedom came under attack in a series of deliberate and deadly terrorist attacks president bush waged a war on terror targeting extremists muslims who were labeled as terrorists you

know i was fourteen when september eleventh happened so i didn't really know what was going on if that really was as long as you know people thought it was so i believe just like everybody else but as billings got older she decided to find out for herself and her investigation led her to the mistah a center a mosque just outside of washington d.c. that has become a haven for many americans like billings who have found allah a new poll found that almost forty percent of americans believe that muslims should carry identification cards despite that twenty thousand americans every year decide to convert to islam convert say they don't regret their decision at all around the world since nine eleven muslims have battled bands of their religious clothing profiling in airports and discrimination in their everyday lives after joining our class to learn more about islam carl dodge also decided to become a muslim one of the big jokes that i've always made is before i actually set down

the class an open microphone on everything i knew about islam i had learned from c.n.n. and when it comes to the mainstream media the depiction of converts can be somewhat extreme that pakistani officials have arrested adam gadahn this is the american born spokesman for al qaeda fox's work first there was john walker lindh the californian who converted. and the taliban and then did up fighting with them in afghanistan and then more recently it was jihad jane the blond haired blue eyed convert who allegedly recruited people to wage violent jihad and for many american muslims like dodge and billings the portrayal of converts is disturbing if those upset me a little bit because there's a lot of preconceptions people have been until i actually took the time to open a koran and see what was written you know that was my only impression of islam as what i had seen on t.v. and in the united states they say a culture of islamophobia just doesn't make sense it's a rights of practice your religion that's what this country was founded on no

matter what unfolds around her billing says she's proud to be a muslim if no one in the world wants to talk to me and my friend i so are granted a happiness that might not make sense to those around her. reassure either party annandale virginia. growing entire muslim sentiment came to the fore on the anniversary of the nine eleven attacks a man set fire to pages of the koran in the ground zero two similar incidents are said to have happened in the state of tennessee as follows a threat by a florida pastor to burn islamic holy books on september eleventh anniversary although that was later called off there were also fresh protests against plans to build a mosque close to the site of the tragedy while supporters of that project also rallied there by muslim american activist dino de ramadan says that since nine eleven and islam has been misconstrued in the united states. really with this shows in the most disturbing part about this debate is it's become in us against them

that is the most troubling aspect because we are all americans we're signing collective guilt on the one billion muslims on the acts of nineteen villains that basically defiled islam and practiced a perverted version of islam for a political agenda and now to assign blame on all muslims is completely incorrect and inaccurate but i think the great majority here islam because they don't understand it. this week's terror attack in russia's north caucasus and the nine eleven anniversary have heated up the debate on whether it's actually possible to stop international terrorism and how of course we're always interested in your opinion on the topics we cover including this click on and have your say on our web site r t v dot com and we're asking what's the best way to eradicate international terror networks so far the majority of respondents think insuring high living standards for all maybe the solution twenty seven percent support or aversive of

globalization another fifteen percent of viewers are quite radical as they are in favor of banning religion altogether and getting rid of the fanatics thirteen percent are more pessimistic saying there is no way to prevent the problem and the minority wants more security forces thinks that's the answer r.t. dot com is the place where you can log on and have your say. a gathering of some of the finest minds from around the world has put the russian city of jaroslav all firmly on the map this week it played host to the global policy forum a brainstorming session bringing together statesmen and strategists investors and innovators in our teaser catarina groucho was they are following it all. young what you are in effect if solver and democracy as it turns out is different things to different states the title these here is for many us love a standard democracy and efficiency made it sound alluring even for the kremlin's toughest critics gave some of them the chance to hit the presidents wrong now.

he said listen i strongly disagree with those who say there's no democracy in russia and that there's authoritarian tendencies here it's not true that russia is a democracy beyond any doubt it's young it's immature it's still not perfect and experience but it's a democracy nonetheless there's a way to go but we're ready to work on it in some countries democracy is being imposed but it doesn't work that way and we've seen many examples of that but when you talk of democracy in russia is a moot point if the country doesn't more denies itself the key message the president was sending in his speech another major topic was security russia's been promoting a new vision for european security architecture that it says is vital to avoiding military conflicts similar to that in the south caucasus in two thousand and eight . the muscles that would we need to create an institution that will bring together nato and non nato members and other structures my u.s.

counterpart president barack obama never avoids discussing this issue he does not say that is harmful or unnecessary but i would suggest that among our american partners a certain jealousy exists with regard to this idea however it is necessary to rise over this josee and try to look the truth and i without the creation of the system or world will not be able to survive we can help each other here one of the first who supported the idea of the new european security treaty was italian premier corny but before he could make his point he had to find his words i like to say that i was not very well informed about the topics to be discussed at this forum. the section of my administration which has prepared the speech has prepared the room that's why i'm passing the stacks to the moderator of this portion of the plenary meeting this presentation doesn't correspond to the discussions here many that evening criticize the us corny for taking more stage time than the host but mitchum it that it didn't seem to mind these hellion prime minister before it was

definitely spies stuff but it was a formal session with that for two days this stadium turned into a lib or a tree where some of the world's best minds attempted to find a formula balancing three elements democracy modernization and efficiency did they come up with a single formula of course they didn't but what they agreed upon is no matter what the proportion if a country wants to move forward it needs all three elements in the mix exceeding the r t from. although a new european security framework will take years of discussion reforming the current structure is vital according to professor craig calhoun from new york university i don't think that there has been a resolution about the proposal for the new european security security treaty but i do think that there is now a relationship of mutual respect between president medvedev and president obama and

between the two countries and that includes the other european countries that would have to be partners to any sort of agreement so in my view the discussion has to continue possibly for years before there is a resolution the disaster would be if any country breaks off the discussion and refuses to keep this process moving forward because we do need to reach an agreement. commentary from professor craig calhoun from new york university speaking at the global policy for. other major news this week on our faulty plane but fearless pilots there was a miraculous escape for a packed russian passenger jet when it crashed landed in the middle of a forest in the country's northwest all eighty one people aboard survive after a midair electrical failure artie's tom barton has the details. the heroes of the tiger these are the men the managed to land a crippled jetliner in the middle of the forest and not injure

a soul the passengers are thankful to be alive we'll see. will any ever in history and ended up in the woods emergency crews arrived by two weeks everything was organized very fast asleep if not for the professionalism of the crew we would not be standing here. at the tupolev one five four was flying at ten thousand meters on its way to moscow from russia's far east when there was a massive electrical failure the plane lost all automatic navigation and communication its fuel supply and wing flaps were crippled meaning i had to land quickly and at higher than normal speeds even the lights in the cabin and cockpit went out by sight alone the pilots found an abandoned their strip in the depths of the forest and managed to land on the third attempt and i thought it was our plane was designed to land on a concrete airstrip at first we chose a rough strip and decided to land there but during the maneuver by a miracle we caught a glimpse of

a concrete strip and all the shorter it would be much safer. despite overshooting and plowing through two hundred metres of woodland before stopping all eighty one people on board were evacuated to safety right in the rich can is a former pilot and actually trained the heroes in question he says he's very proud of his form across the jays. up in the close they couldn't even tell their altitude or where they were they only had enough fuel for ten minutes of flight in managing to land that plane he practically did the impossible pass for the plane itself investigators are poring over interviews with the crew and witnesses black box recordings and evidence at the site that question what caused such a massive electrical failure providing that to believe what fifty four is not quite the brand you have a craft and i'm sure that their craft was manufactured probably at least twenty years ago when you were more. i believe there is a chance that they could we plant was just more of. now russell airlines which owns

the plane says it wasn't aware of any issues before takeoff but it would never fly together investigators are focusing on mechanical failure rather than pilot error or weather conditions but everyone is expecting the playlets to receive medals they're achieved. in time the technical details of this plane's malfunction will join all of the others mediation history but one thing will always stand out coverage in brazil swims the two men who built it safely to the. aussies. you can find more on this great escape and plenty of other stories that we're covering on our website our team here's a peek peek at what's online right now. the true cost of luxury see how poachers searching for one of the world's most precious foods black caviar are pushing the sturgeon species of the brink of extinction. in the

russian inventors find a way to keep drivers from falling asleep at the wheel find out what it is and how it works at archie dot com. a former u.s. soldier has found himself at the center of a scandal after posting a controversial video on you tube sergeant dunson was discharged after planting grenades in the cars of iraq he's at checkpoints and then filming the driver of reactions it was all for purposes of a prank but as artie's paulus lee reports most iraqis aren't laughing. manning a checkpoint all day must get boring which is perhaps why sergeant dunson and his partner admit they passed the time playing jokes on unsuspecting drivers in this year two posting done some describes how they planted a grenade in an iraqi man's car

a few seconds of confusion all's explained and the perplexed but very relieved driver is saint on his way. to you know under the cause. or hour it wouldn't want to know being worried you know what happened. on a guy like that on but for most iraqis this is not fun and life here is very far from being a joke. i think it's only for them to laugh for us it's not funny but very scary. we're used to car bombs explosions and searches happening every day but if someone did this to me i would be so scared. as would most people in a country where a checkpoint can often mean the difference between life and death it's not uncommon to have your heart take at least a dozen times a day if you had a needle with what you can see the city of britain they will be arrested on the. heroism. and some american military personnel are not seeing the funny side of

sergeant done since antics i would not tolerate that and my organization. i don't think that's conducive to gaining. you know into the partnership with with the federal police or certainly and trusting their confidence and us or the people for that matter and trusting the. trusting in the federal police but i want to a local t.v. stations you know picked up on the idea. that it takes well known local celebrities to iraqi checkpoints and plays pranks on them in much the same way as dunson and his colleagues produce and nudge him i will buy i says it's a way to lighten the situation. we're not making fun of the iraqi forces they're very brave in fighting terror but we wanted to present them in a unique and different way we also wanted to present weapons as something people can laugh about. there's mixed reaction to the iraqi show but still iraqis making

fun of iraqis is very different according to most people here to americans getting in on the act and with people still being killed in iraq if we day it was a constant reminder that terrorism is no laughing matter. r t back to. this week serbia decided not to challenge kosovo as unilateral declaration of independence at the united nations under pressure from the european union belgrade finally agreed to withdraw its initial draft resolution which had called on the secession of kosovo to be denounced a consensus resolution was unanimously adopted by the un general assembly though belgrade does not recognize kosovo's independence as a legitimate republic. of ours on resolve matters this concession followed a push from the e.u. making it clear about serbia's wish to join the union would be jeopardized if it failed to soften its stance on kosovo political writer diana johnston says serbia

has caved in to the e.u. it's the present text that i have seen and i have here is not really a compromise i would call it an unconditional surrender to the european union this was not a compromise because from what i've understood the european union did not. in exchange for this they gave nothing as usual and they'll just be asking for more as they have been for many years serbia is now really very much in the position of france. it's not quite an occupied country but it's a rounded and it's sort of arc of power and any leader or policy party which would really openly take into consideration serbia's interest is condemned by the western media as nationalists look within her look would have

been to go is love to me it's a would the united states use the door to get rid of milosevic but when he showed that he was still interested in his country's welfare he's known brand as an extreme nationalist and sidelined. stay with us here on r t coming your way in the next hour a potential claim to fame we bring you the untold story of how a far east russian village might have been the actual birthplace of north korean leader kim jong il. russian police are hunting for a martial arts fighter who has a skate from a psychiatric ward in st petersburg they suspect that the ashes a lot of dots may be on the run in moscow before being placed in an asylum he was disqualified for being too violent in the ring and he got involved in a crime enjoyed an ultra nationalist movement. has more. he actually served six extreme aggression in the ring scared both his opponents and the public outside

the ring murder threats assault robbery and then alleged psychotic breakdown so that's placed in high security psychiatric care but during that time he was able to establish links with an extremist political movement the now banned slavic union. jews are enemies for me and now he's on the run after receiving a transfer to a new facility that sick was sent here to the drugs those cells psychiatric hospital just outside st petersburg those from here that he is state they can say the area is sealed off and there's barbed wire around the perimeter of it certainly not high security his time in psychiatric care was far from the strict rehabilitation that might be expected visits from friends and access to mobile phones and they want him to strengthen relations with nationalist party members and use a sporting nature righty to gain them followers. actively participated in campaigning

for us he helped establish contacts with sportsmen and with the organization to sporting events. from or is head of the unit that monitored datsik he tells us that he was no longer considered high risk when he was transferred so what actually happened on the day that he escaped when he went on for a walk with you turned a nurse he took a towel of the washing line and used it to pull up the wire for our staff were cautious a bunch of those they just tore through the wall yes he just rooted are serious questions and now being raised as to how this was able to happen in the first place his failing with the security issues here to enable him to have a skate. time special guards or any police security system and our hospital perhaps the police or the courts didn't know the conditions here before they sent him whether the the courts.